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As such, only the general and simulated data 'demo' accounts are of
available for developer and testing use between close of
markets Friday (US Eastern time zone), and
the return of production servers around
mid-day Sunday (same time zone offset). IB publishes availability times for
their servers, and in our experience have declined authentication outside
of the 'business' part of the week.